The amendments to the Indian Administrative service cadre rules needs to bring neutrality in bureaucracy. Discuss (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 2 years
KEY POINTS
· AIS officers are made available for central deputation through a consultative process involving the Centre, the States and the officers concerned.
· In 2001, the Centre unilaterally “placed at its disposal” the services of three IPS officers of Tamil Nadu cadre.
· An example was that of a senior IPS officer who was not allowed to join the Central Bureau of Investigation despite earlier clearance and was suspended by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2014.
· The existing Rule 6(1) states that a cadre officer may be deputed to the Central Government only with the concurrence of the State Government concerned.
Disconcerting amendments
· One is a new proviso making it mandatory for the State government to provide a certain fixed number of IAS officers for central deputation every year.
· The proposed amendment more or less compels a State government to offer IAS officers for central deputation even when these officers themselves may not wish to go on central deputation.
· Poor working conditions in junior-level posts, an opaque and arbitrary system of empanelment for senior-level posts.
· The other is a proviso that requires the State government to release such officers whose services may be sought by the Central Government in specific situations.
· States are right in perceiving the proposed amendments as a serious infringement of their rights to deploy IAS officers as they deem best, especially when the cutting edge of policy implementation is mostly at the State level.
Harshitha G 2 years
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IAS Parliament 2 years
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K. V. A 2 years
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IAS Parliament 2 years
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